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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 18, 1936

Page

2

Labor Analyzes Nominees Records in AFL Pamphlet

The American Federation of Labor released a pamphlet analyzing the labor records of President Roosevelt and Governor Alf Landon. It lists Roosevelt’s 25 years in public service and Landon’s Kansas governorship and acceptance speech, with box scores on Garner and Knox. Green denied resignations amid internal disputes over the report.

Washington American Federation of Labor Legislative Labor Roosevelt Alf M. Landon Federation CIO New York London Kansas Garner John Nance Garner Congress Frank Knox William Hutcheson A. F. of L. Executive Council William Green Carpenters’ Union Green United States Tennessee Valley Authority Home Owners Loan Corporation Landon

Paris death of Cedar Rapids native Regina de Sales

Mrs Regina A de Sales a former Cedar Rapids resident died at her Paris home Burial was at Des Gonards after services at the American Cathedral church of the Holy Trinity She was born in Iowa studied voice in Paris had a European career and taught in Munich She received Palmes dOfficier dAcademie and Palmes dOfficer dInstruction Publique She was a member of American Woman's clubs and Lyceum club in Paris A son Charles R de Sales of London survives her.

Regina A. de Sales Cedar Rapids Paris France Des Gonards Palmes d’Officier d Academie Instruction Publique du Ministre Des Beaux- Arts American Woman's Clubs London Emma Willard Society Lyceum Club Charles R. de Sales

Funeral services for John F Updike set for Monday

Funeral services for John F Updike will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Rohn chapel conducted by Rev. E D Wells pastor of Trinity Methodist church. Burial will be in Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel Sunday.

John F. Updike Rohn Chapel E. D. Wells Trinity Methodist Church Cedar Memorial Cemetery

Funeral Services for Beverly Anne McDonough Held This Afternoon

Funeral services will be conducted in Turner chapel at 3 oclock by Rev A C Gatrelle. Burial is Cedar Memorial park. Survived by parents and brother are grandparents Mr and Mrs Curtis Jackel Anamosa and Mr and Mrs Harry McDonough Cedar Rapids, great grandparents Mrs Margaret McDonough Ottumwa and Mr and Mrs L A Andrews Cedar Rapids.

Beverly Anne McDonough Turner Chapel A. C. Gatrelle Cedar Memorial Park Curtis Jackel Anamosa Harry McDonough Cedar Rapids Margaret McDonough Ottumwa L. A. Andrews

Edward Rebuffs High Officials Over Mrs Simpson Visits

The king defies advisers by publicizing Mrs. Simpson's palace visits and Mediterranean trip. Officials warn such disclosures erode Victorian restraint, disrupt court dignity, and challenge traditional royal discretion. Rumors of marriage or abdication circulate among a few insiders.

Mrs. Simpson United Press Edward St. James Buckingham Palace Simpson Duke of York

Roosevelt Ends Trip Claiming Recovery

President Roosevelt wraps a cross state tour asserting recovery and a balanced economy. He defends the New Deal works program and warns against Wall Street propaganda while urging re election to continue the recovery. Large crowds greet him in Buffalo Rochester Utica Albany and Hyde Park with rain as part of the itinerary toward New England appearances.

Wall Street Buffalo Roosevelt McKinley Rochester Utica Syracuse Albany Herbert H. Lehman Hyde Park Washington White House New England Providence R. I Springfield Worcester Mass Boston

Vandenberg Counters Roosevelt on Promises and Traditions

Senator Vandenberg denounces Roosevelt platform in aBroadcast review citing recorded voices from 1932 1933 speeches. He questions the president’s traditions taxes and spending while warning against fear fueled by federal policy.

Vandenberg Michigan Franklin Delano Roosevelt United States Mr. Roosevelt

Blame Dead Pilot Partly For Crash Killing 6 Persons

The bureau of air commerce attributed part of the Aug. 5 crash near Lambert Field St. Louis to the pilot. It held the airplane controllable and said the turn toward the airport was voluntary. The crash killed pilot Carl F. Zeier co pilot Russell C. Mossman and six passengers.

Washington INS Chicago Lambert Field St. Louis Bureau of Air Commerce Carl F. Zeier Russell C. Mossman

Unwarranted Two-Cent Milk Price Drop Sparks Concern

Cedar Rapids Co Operative dairy officials condemn a two cent retail milk cut over two days as unwarranted. Distributors push toward nine cents per quart while prices for milk fat content shift to $1.66 per cwt for 3.42 percent milk and $1.90 per cwt for 4 percent milk, affecting about 38 producer distributors and 336 producers.

Cedar Rapids Co-Operative Co-Op Tom Wright Blue Valley Dairy Co- Op

Roosevelt remarks prompt party disputes over NRA aims

The Worcester Telegram defended its report quoting James Roosevelt saying the President intends to continue NRA principles by seeking a constitutional amendment. Republican leaders pressed for validation, while Democratic leadership and Governor Landon remained silent on constitutional changes and the national recovery program.

Congress of the United States Jones Worcester Telegram James Roosevelt Gardner Mass NRA Topeka Kan John Hamilton Landon National Recovery Administration Pennsylvania Ohio Illinois Chicago Knox Young Roosevelt Worcester Detroit Jim

Keota Man Nabbed On Reckless Driving Charge

Raymond Adrian of Keota was arrested at 7 45 p m Saturday by State Highway Patrolmen Faber and Reece on a reckless driving charge after passing another car on a hill at Thirty sixth avenue and Bowling street SW on highway 161. He was released on a 15 cash bond.

Raymond Adrian Keota Faber and Reece Adrian Thirty-sixth Avenue Bowling Street

Nationwide Search For Missing Link In Bay Murder

Boston police widen the probe into the dismembering of Grayce Asquith to include John Albert Lyons a WWII aviator nicknamed the missing link Lyons is sought as the last known person to see Asquith alive and may be a murder suspect authorities pursue him as bodies and clues surface along Boston Harbor with the case drawing nationwide attention.

Boston John Albert Lyons Grayce Asquith Merry Widow Boston Harbor

Inflation Argument Hits Roosevelt Policies

The piece argues that economic royalists are rushing to reissue securities at lower rates, shrinking money value under Roosevelt. It cites a widow’s finances to claim inflation and universal erosion of property and bank deposits since 1932, blaming the 1933 actions and gold standard shift.

Roosevelt Herbert Hoover

JAP WAR LORD URGES WASHINGTON PARLEY

A radical if sweeping critique of the New Deal argues inflation harms savers and seniors. The piece cites a Cedar Rapids man and warns workers would suffer under inflation while urging a world peace conference and religious grounding. It also covers Knox and Landon campaign remarks with a focus on states and potential electoral outcomes.

Inflation Ravages German Marks and Uncle Sam

The article recounts Karl Geiss’s postage costs rising with Germany’s inflation in 1923. It notes 3,200 marks equating to about 800 dollars, and a later batch of 2,000,000 mark stamps totaling forty million marks or ten million dollars, illustrating how wages failed to keep pace. The piece ends urging political action to stop inflation and elect Landon.

Cedar Rapids Martin Geiss Third Avenue SW Karl Geiss Unter Seibertenrod Germany Landon

Night Temperature Inches Upward in Cedar Rapids

Saturday night in Cedar Rapids showed a slow temperature rise as readings varied from a high of 46 degrees at 9 am and 2 pm to a low around 38 in between. By 7 pm the thermometer fell to 38 then climbed to 41 by 11 pm under cloudy skies.

Cedar Rapids Chambers Inskeep Company

Landon Extends Campaign Swing Through Midwest and East

Kansas Governor hopeful lands in Frisco York City and St. Louis and may speak in Kansas City and Independence or Coffeyville. Knox plans broad final drive covering Excelsior Springs Missouri Nebraska and eastern states Indiana Ohio Pennsylvania and other states.

York City St. Louis Kansas City Independence Coffeyville Kan Montgomery Knox Excelsior Springs Nebraska Indiana Ohio Pennsylvania

Landon Knox End Campaign With Optimism Ahead Of Election

Gov Alf Landon and Col Frank Knox closed their campaign in Topeka with Knox predicting victory in a real fight. Knox said timing was perfect and stressed strength in New York as they prepared for a two week cross country drive to Los Angeles and New York and back.

New York Pennsylvania Ohio Illinois Indiana Michigan Knox Franklin D South West Virginia Virginia North Carolina Minnesota Topeka Kan Alf M. Landon Frank Knox Chicago Executive Mansion Landon William R. Castle J. Reuben Clark Mexico Los Angeles

Aged Woman Injured in Fall Downstairs

Mrs. Anna White, 78, of 358 Sev enteenth street SE, fractured both wrists and her left shoulder after falling at home at 8 30 p m Saturday. She was taken to St Luke s hospital in fairly good condition.

Anna White Seventeenth Street St. Luke’s Hospital

Time For Sales Tax Payment Due Tuesday

The expiring time limit for payment of the state retail sales tax for this period falls on Tuesday. A five percent penalty applies on the tax as of Wednesday, Oct. 21. Tax official H. E. Rahe will be in his office at 627 Cedar Rapids Savings Bank from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday and Tuesday to help taxpayers fill out blanks and to notarize them. Delinquents should also appear then to clear up tax items.

H. E. Rahe Cedar Rapids Savings Bank

Plumbing worker buried in cave in survives with broken knee

William Reetz a plumbing company employee was buried forty five minutes Saturday after a ditch caved in on him in Charles City AP reports he sustained a fractured knee from the incident and was rescued by responders.

Charles City William Reetz

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